ERNEST EDWIN "CHIEF" EVANS

Rate/Rank
CDR

Service Branch

USN 6/1927 - 10/1944

Born
08/13/1908
PAWNEE, OK

KILLED IN ACTION - USS JOHNSTON DD-557, SUNK BY JAPANESE ARMADA AT LEYTE GULF 10/25/1944

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

CO, USS JOHNSTON DD-557

CO, USS ALDEN DD-211

USS BLACK HAWK AD-9

USS CAHOKIA ATR-113

USS PENSACOLA CA-24

NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FL

USS RATHBURNE DD-113

USS ROPER DD-147

USS COLORADO BB-45

NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO, CA

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

MEDAL OF HONOR

NAVY CROSS

BRONZE STAR MEDAL

PURPLE HEART

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL

PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL